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Okey so around christmas I will be updating my processor and my motherboard from AMD to Intel for the first time ever and I will also be getting a new SSD. Now my question is, can i migrate/transfer the Windows 8.1 I'm already using on my AMD computer and use it on my soon to be Intel PC? That is, I will be transfering it from my current SSD to my new one. And if I do it that way, will I have two copies of windows or does one stop working?

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Okey so around christmas I will be updating my processor and my motherboard from AMD to Intel for the first time ever and I will also be getting a new SSD. Now my question is, can i migrate/transfer the Windows 8.1 I'm already using on my AMD computer and use it on my soon to be Intel PC? That is, I will be transfering it from my current SSD to my new one. And if I do it that way, will I have two copies of windows or does one stop working?

Every copy of windows needs a key - you can transfer the OS, but you lose the validity of one of the copies.

You can use a data migration software to transfer, but your old drivers from your old motherboard will still be there - basically it adds clutter to your SSD. What I do for a new SSD is just to install a fresh copy of windows. You'll have less clutter/malware/adware and a clean start.

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Alrighty, do anyone of you know a cheap place for legit cd keys since G2A isn't selling anymore or softwareswap? I can buy it with my student license but I want to cheap out :P

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It may work, but it's always best to do a fresh install.

Take this x2. Fresh installs are always the best way to go. :)

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Every copy of windows needs a key - you can transfer the OS, but you lose the validity of one of the copies.

You can use a data migration software to transfer, but your old drivers from your old motherboard will still be there - basically it adds clutter to your SSD. What I do for a new SSD is just to install a fresh copy of windows. You'll have less clutter/malware/adware and a clean start.

 

Well before I was going to migrate I was going to do a fresh installation of windows so it's a fresh copy for the new SSD

 

Edit: Fresh installation on my old ssd to my new.

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Every copy of windows needs a key - you can transfer the OS, but you lose the validity of one of the copies.

You can use a data migration software to transfer, but your old drivers from your old motherboard will still be there - basically it adds clutter to your SSD. What I do for a new SSD is just to install a fresh copy of windows. You'll have less clutter/malware/adware and a clean start.

Isn't it the case that you can unactivate Windows and use the same key on the new PC?

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Well before I was going to migrate I was going to do a fresh installation of windows so it's a fresh copy for the new SSD

 

Edit: Fresh installation on my old ssd to my new.

??? I don't get what you're saying

A fresh install is when you get an SSD and install windows from a flash drive or CD without any of your personal files, drivers, etc etc.

Then, you copy the old documents/pictures from your old SSD to the new, and re-install everything that you need (steam, MS office, etc etc) from the internet/CDs

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Isn't it the case that you can unactivate Windows and use the same key on the new PC?

Yes! You can do that, but I think if you migrate the SSD over/clone the drives it'll clone the key too - the one of them will just be deactivated later on when they do their check with the Microsoft servers.

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Yes! You can do that, but I think if you migrate the SSD over/clone the drives it'll clone the key too - the one of them will just be deactivated later on when they do their check with the Microsoft servers.

Ah alright. Gotcha! :)

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??? I don't get what you're saying

A fresh install is when you get an SSD and install windows from a flash drive or CD without any of your personal files, drivers, etc etc.

Then, you copy the old documents/pictures from your old SSD to the new, and re-install everything that you need (steam, MS office, etc etc) from the internet/CDs

 

Look, someone said that I will be getting all the old files and stuff on my computer, but before I would have migrated I would have restored my computer as if it were new so it's a fresh copy on the new SSD.

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Look, someone said that I will be getting all the old files and stuff on my computer, but before I would have migrated I would have restored my computer as if it were new so it's a fresh copy on the new SSD.

that doesn't make it a fresh install - to do a proper fresh install, you wipe the disk entirely then install windows from a CD. 

I'm not sure who told you to copy the data off, then do a restore and then clone the drives, but doing a fresh install, then copying the data over to the new SSD would be quicker, simpler, and give you better performance.

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The problem with your proposed variant is, that you still have a windows with different drivers on the old computer, and cloning that will bring these drivers to the new system and there they may cause minor or sometimes major issues. That's why you should do a fresh install on the new PC, not on the old.

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